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When the Twins decided to exercise Jason Kubel's option for 2011 and almost simultaneous declaring their intentions of pursuing Jim Thome, it more or less guaranteed that the lineup would be predominately left-handed once again.
All had been quiet for the longest time when Thome's agent emerged to announce that his client fully intended on playing in 2011 – no doubt trying to reach that magical 600 home run mark (and sell more of these bad boy shirts). Despite being a fan favorite and the team's biggest source of power last year, Thome has aged, wants more dinero and is the preverbal slow-footed, one-dimensional player that Ron Gardenhire has been outspoken about avoiding. In spite of those facts, the Twins still remain interested in his services.
In some ways, the team's insistence on remaining left-handed heavy was one of the reasons behind their demise in the ALDS against the Yankees. Because no right-handed alternative existed, Kubel and Thome were left to combat CC Sabathia and Andy Pettitte. To be sure, both Kubel and Thome are middling against average southpaws, let alone the Yankee duo that shuts down more lefties than Bill O'Reilly. The results were predictably ugly. In Game 1, the pair went 0-for-3 with two walks and a hit-by-pitch off of Sabathia. In the ensuing Game 2, Thome managed to line a single left and Kubel coaxed a walk but they finished 1-for-5 in that contest.
And just like that, the Twins were down two games to none.
Several hours after the Yankees recorded the final out in New York in the elimination game, I tweeted in haste that the biggest need this winter was to acquire a bat to fill that role. In short, with no particular rhyme or reason, I listed six would-be free agents who swing a right-handed stick and implored the GM to contact their agents this off-season.
(In full disclosure, I submitted that tweet consumed with equal parts disgust and Grain Belt.)
In my mind, in that hour, after, let's say, the twelfteenth bottle of Premium that was the most important item to cross-off the to-do list.
It wasn't just that the Twins were short-(right-)handed for the Yankees, they would have been at a disadvantage if they had eventually met up with the Rangers (who had Cliff Lee and C.J. Wilson). This appeared to be a gross miscalculation by the team's builders as the post-season landscape starting to take shape at the trade deadline.
Having time to let it marinate, I have since recanted my stance on this issue and no longer view it as a pressing need, per se. In that small sample size of three games, it was clear that the Twins were deficient when it came to right-handed options. This fact remains true. However, this is not an imminent need, at least not in the sense that the Twins need to commit a significant amount of payroll to a right-handed bat.
The Twins won 94 games last year based on their ability to man-handle their divisional opponents. While going 47-43 with everyone else, they posted a 47-25 record against the Central – the best interdivision record in the American League. They were able to accomplish this feat because the AL Central is loaded with Kansas City Royals and right-handed starting pitchers. And this situation isn't likely to change in 2011 either.
Unless they make some bold moves, the Indians and Royals currently have five righties slated for their rotation. The Tigers had five right-handers last year but plan on moving the left-handed Phil Coke to the rotation. Only the White Sox, who have Mark Buerhle and John Danks with the possibility of fireballer Chris Sale joining them, are considering going lefty-heavy to presumably compete with the Twins' core of left-handed hitters. Nonetheless, on the whole, the AL Central will be a righty dominated group.
But the right-handed majority isn't just limited to the AL Central. At the time of the Kubel option, I wrote this:
"Last season in the American League, right-handed pitchers were on the mound for 62,275 out of the total 86,725 match-ups. That is, 71% of the overall encounters saw a righty on the mound. Therefore, stacking the lineup with potent left-handed bats presents a sizeable platoon advantage to the offense."
Given that left-handed pitchers represent a smaller universe compared to their right-handed counterparts, Twins needn't sign a right-handed hitter who is interested in 500-plus plate appearances – marquee guys like Paul Konerko, Maggilo Ordonez and Derrek Lee are going to want full-time jobs and also be compensated as such. What the Twins need is a player that can siphon off 250 plate appearances during those other 29% of match-ups against left-handed pitchers -- basically a right-handed version of Jim Thome last year.
Unfortunately, that person does not exist. Until scientists figure out a way to extract Thome's DNA from whatever hunks of raw porterhouse he chews for sport and create a mirror image of him so that the Thome clone swings from the right side, the Twins will have to seek out other alternatives.
There are a handful of modestly priced hitters that can adequately fulfill this need. Marcus Thames, the Yankees righty de jour last season, has demonstrated that he has an ownership over left-handed pitchers (career .264/.333/.505 hitter vs LHP). Because of his non-existent defense, Thames is familiar with the irregular workload and would be a very serviceable platoon partner for Kubel. Similarly, Troy Glaus has mashed left-handed pitching (career .273/.396/.542 vs LHP) but wore down late in the season with the Braves last year. Seeing as that he will be 34 in 2011 and has something to prove, a one-year deal and part-time play appears on his horizon. Other candidates for this type of work include Jorge Cantu (career .272/.323/.451 vs LHP) or Matt Diaz (.335/.373/.533 vs LHP).
Outside of the one-dimensional hitters like Thames, Glaus and company, there are several options that may provide the Twins with more versatility as well as right-handed lumber. Austin Kearns' numbers were impressive in Cleveland but a wrist injury zapped his offense after he was traded to New York at the end of the year. In addition to being respectable against lefties (career .261/.383/.416 vs LHP), Kearns would be a great defensive replacement in right field (career 11.0 UZR/150). Likewise, Andruw Jones provided the White Sox with some thunder, played above average in the corners of the outfield and was passable as a backup center fielder giving him value beyond just his offense. He too has torn through left-handed pitching (career .261/.361/.501 vs LHP).
To be fair, having Jim Thome return for one more season at $3 million wouldn't be the world's worst proposition. Sure, he reduces the roster's flexibility and likely won't recreate the same numbers he produced in 2010 but he has been a good "clubhouse presence", mentoring youngsters like Danny Valencia who credits a lot of his rookie success to the lumbering lug. As noted previously, there is an abundance of right-handed pitchers and Thome was no slouch at handling them (.302/.455/.698 in 246 plate appearances last year). Furthermore, while still in its infancy, Target Field appears to give a slight power advantage to left-handed hitters, as they as a group out-slugged righties by 26 points in the ballpark's first season (thanks in part to Thome who slugged .688 at home). If Thome indeed comes back to Minnesota, he provides the team with an offensive boost during the regular season.
Of course, it doesn't mean neglecting the right-handed bat issue either. Even though it may be a future problem, we witnessed how the Twins were brushed aside by the Yankees two lefties and they will attempt to woo Cliff Lee this winter, setting up another one-two southpaw combination. Marching back into the postseason without an answer would pave the way to another mid-October on the golf course.
If nothing attractive manages to manifest during the winter, serviceable right-handed bats are frequently a commodity that is often readily available on the waivers or in a trade near the deadline. Consider the slew of them that changed hands between July 1 and August 31 of last year: Jhonny Peralta, Cantu, Miguel Tejada, Derrek Lee, Kearns, Ryan Ludwick, Jeff Francoeur, Manny Ramirez, and Cody Ross. Certainly several of these kinds of players will be obtainable just in time for a post-season run.
Because the Twins have to run a 162-game marathon before they can even enter the three-game sprint, the focus should be on conditioning for the long run before the short burst. If they can acquire a viable, inexpensive right-handed option like one of the few listed above, the Twins will be better prepared for the post-season than they were a year ago. If they forgo that route to retain Thome, they still have a roster capable of inflicting plenty of damage as well and the possibility of finding right-handed help, if need be.


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The Wall − A World Divided, a stirring new documentary about the forces that created — and then tore down — the Berlin Wall, airs Monday, June 28 at 10 p.m. on WXXI-TV (DT 21.1/cable 1011 and 11). Featuring interviews with three world leaders pivotal to the events of the time — George H. W. Bush, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and German chancellor Helmut Kohl — the film also spotlights the ordinary citizens who tore down the last vestige of the Cold War and changed the world.
The most memorable event of the revolution that swept Europe two decades ago is the November 9, 1989, opening of the Berlin Wall, the most potent symbol of Communist oppression. After 28 years of violence and tragedy, the people of East Germany were suddenly free to travel to the West, and, within weeks, the oppressive regime had given way to dramatic reforms. But it wasn't politicians who brought down the concrete, barbed wire and gun towers that separated the worlds of East and West Berlin. It was ordinary citizens who risked their lives to stand up against a repressive regime and carry out a revolution without a shot being fired.
At the end of World War II, the once-great city of Berlin lay in ruins. The victors divided Germany amongst themselves: the Soviet Union would occupy and control East Germany, while the Americans, British and French would occupy West Germany. Berlin, the former capital of Nazi Germany, was divided between the two sides, making West Berlin a non-Communist island within a Communist nation.
Almost immediately, East Germans began to stream across the border into West Berlin, and, by 1961, millions of East Germans had relocated. The East German leaders, increasingly alarmed by the loss of their labor force and fearful for their economic survival, decided to act.
On Sunday morning, August 13, 1961, Berliners who weren't away on summer vacation awoke to find their city cut in two by a wall of barbed wire and concrete blocks. East German police armed with machine guns patrolled the border. Now, instead of simply walking across to freedom, East Germans who wanted to flee would have to find a way to escape under, over or through the heavily guarded wall. Many succeeded, but hundreds of others died trying.
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The Wall also reveals that the seeds of freedom in East Germany were sown in an unexpected place: the Protestant Church. The East German regime had relaxed restrictions on organized religion, reasoning that if churches were allowed to meet openly, they would quickly prove themselves obsolete. The opposite happened. Houses of worship became gathering places for environmental activists, peace activists, feminists, punk rockers — all kinds of people who had one thing in common: the yearning for freedom and a life lived without the heavy hand of the state. But events outside East Germany would ultimately provide the spark for revolution.
In 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev was named general secretary of the Soviet Union. Vice president George Bush attended the funeral of Gorbachev's predecessor and met the new leader. "I was the first American to make contact with Gorbachev," said Bush. "And I wrote out a cable to send back to Reagan to say, 'This man is very different.'"
Reform began sweeping through Soviet satellite states. Poland held the first free elections in Communist Europe; Hungary unilaterally opted to open its borders to Austria (inviting East Germans to use the route as an escape hatch). And, little by little, East Germany's church-based groups grew larger as students, intellectuals and ordinary people became more vocal. By the summer of 1989, thousands of people began to gather in the streets in the university city of Leipzig and other cities. The doors of opposition were opening and, by the fall of 1989, the East German regime was facing massive demonstrations for the first time since the 1950s.
What finally brought down the Wall? A mistake. An East German bureaucrat named Gunter Schabowski misspoke at a press conference on November 9, 1989. He read a long document announcing an incremental ease in travel restrictions. One reporter asked, "When does it take effect?" "Immediately," he said uncertainly, searching the document. His hesitant statement triggered a flood of people at one of the East Berlin crossing points. Within hours, NBC's Tom Brokaw was on the scene, reporting that the Berlin Wall was opening. West German TV, which East Germans watched, also reported the news. The border guards had no instructions and were forced to let the crowds through; after 28 years, the Berlin Wall fell as suddenly as it had gone up. In events that no one could have foreseen, East Germany ceased to exist within less than a year.
The Wall goes behind the scenes with political leaders — George Bush, Mikhail Gorbachev, Helmut Kohl, James Baker and Condoleezza Rice — to reveal the tense moments surrounding the wildly unexpected series of events that resulted in a new Europe. As the program ends, the Berlin Wall has come down, but the work to reunite Germany has only just begun.
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A friend asked me to read at Harold Washington College as part of their Women's History Month programming. I read "The History of a Hunting Accident" for many reasons: it's short, so I could read the whole thing; it's my most recently published piece; I'm kind of partial to it. I discovered that it was a perfect story to read to a student audience, but not for any of those reasons. As soon as I finished reading, hands shot up. Turns out, the story is really easy to ask questions about.
I write standard American realism—domestic fiction—often about women living in the rural Midwest.
"Why did you decide to write that story all in questions?" Why, indeed? The short answer is that I tried every other way I could think of to tell this story, and none of them worked. I had spent years wanting to write a story based on a rumor I'd heard as a child about one of the sweet older ladies in the Quaker church I grew up in. Rumor had it Celeste, who smiled and laughed and treated every child she came across as one of her beloved own, had married terribly young, and had suffered terribly for it. Rumor had it her first husband did unspeakable things. Rumor had it he died in an accident, out hunting with Celeste's brothers.
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Like all good rumors, I don't know where I first heard those partial stories about Celeste. I certainly knew I couldn't ask anyone directly about them. And I knew that a violent husband dying in a hunting accident while out with his abused wife's brothers was a stroke of luck most likely too good to be true. I tried to write that story every which way, but no matter what point of view or tone or narrative stance I came at it from, it was a tired and maudlin story—a melodrama I couldn't write and couldn't imagine anyone wanting to read. It just wasn't interesting. Eventually, I realized that the point of the story wasn't what I knew; the point was what I didn't know and couldn't ask. Which is the point of a rumor after all, isn't it?
For all the time I spent wrestling with Celeste's story, I'd loved and often taught Donald Barthelme's story, "Concerning the Bodyguard." But I'd never thought of myself as in any way like Barthelme. I write standard American realism—domestic fiction—often about women living in the rural Midwest. Sometimes they are lesbians. This is not Barthelme's legacy, is it? If my memory serves, the realization that my Celeste-story-problem could be solved by a Barthelme-story-strategy struck me out of the clear blue. As good ideas often do. Though I've never written another story like this, and don't think it'd be a wise thing to do, this insight I've carried with me: it's the questions that matter, always the questions. The questions, not the answers.
Laura Krughoff received an MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan in 2003 and is currently a PhD candidate in the program for writers at the University of Illinois, Chicago. Her first novel, My Brother's Name, was published by Scarletta Press in 2013 and is a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award.
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April 27, 2013 As a reminder, Reflections is almost 3 months behind the real time visits.
We were in the heart of Gold Country California! I could almost hear the crys, "there's gold in them thar hills".
Man has a second great-grand aunt (let's just say great aunt to keep it simple) whose hubby was infected by the Gold Rush fever, so, a visit to Gold Country had appeal to me. The ability to combine history, our travels and my family research is such a WIN!
I have not written about this family or the Gold Rush or the effects on the family yet here on Reflections, some day, I must, write in detail, but, here is a quick and dirty summary.
From what I know about Benjamin Jaquis, I don't believe he worked for one of the big gold mining companies like Kennedy. In 1853 he wrote back home to family living in McHenry County Illinois from "Oregon Gulch, Bute Co, California" Family lore is that he mined a claim that an old and dying man told him about and gave him a map to. Benjamin worked that claim, fighting dry conditions in the summer months (you need water for panning gold) and eventually sold the mine off to another miner. The rest of Benjamin's story is tragic, in fact is somewhat a mystery, and is best left for another post.
Nevertheless, the pull of the tour of the Kennedy Gold Mine was strong for Man and for yours truly. So, off to the Kennedy Mines we went.
The Kennedy Gold Mine is named for Andrew Kennedy, an Irish immigrant, who supposedly discovered an outcropping of quartz sometime in the late 1850's. The Kennedy Mining Company was formed in 1860 when digging of shafts began with Kennedy and 3 partners.
One very interesting out building was this one, the Oil Building. The building was used to store lubricating materials for various machines. Seems no one is sure about the structure's shape as the architecture is a mystery. As you can see the volunteers that run this museum to Gold Mining are doing maintenance and repairs to this building.
Before work the miners would change from street clothes to work clothes. After work they were required to take a shower. This shower opportunity and changing of clothes was to prevent "high grading" (stealing gold). The Change House is now a museum where the well versed docents explain much of the process of getting gold out of rock and many other facets of the world of gold mining. This was in the Change House museum, and no, I cannot really tell you what it is, other than some sort of furnace. Big, and looks like it would do a significant job of heating things up.
This is the "Headframe". It is 125 feet tall, was built in 1928. It contains the skips (best I can figure that means containers) which raise and lower everything in and out of the mine including removing about 70,000 gallons of water from the mine shaft each day. There are hoppers to store rock and there is a rock crushing machine.
Some more HUGE equipment, I am in awe, even if I don't understand what it all does.
This building is the office building, now a museum as well. Kennedy Mining and Milling Office was built in 1907, it is a three story concrete building, that contained assay offices, general offices, the payroll office, and in the time before the company shut down there were 4 small bedrooms on the third floor for visitors.
This is another oven/furnace, I don't remember if that was part of the assay office or part of the process to turn amalgam into solid gold ingots.
OK, someone who knows all about mining and gold, please tell me what this is?? I think it had something to do with the quality of gold?
These rooms were decorated by The Mother Lode Questors to reflect rooms in homes may have looked during the hey day of the mine.
The docent that gave us our tour was very well versed in the mine, the buildings, the procedures required to bring gold up from the mine shaft and how to get gold out of all that rock. It gave Man and I a great appreciation of the times and the business. The mine produced close to 34.3 million dollars (when gold was valued at $20.67 and $35.00 per ounce). The mine closed in 1942 when the U.S. Government closed gold mines as they were not essential to the war effort.
If you are interested in learning more about the Kennedy Mine (for example, it is one of the deepest gold mines in the world at 5912 feet), their web site is here.


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A number of observers have noted the media hypocrisy over the treatment of Ted Cruz's impressive 21-hour speech and Texas State Sen. Wendy Davis's similar effort recently in the Texas legislature. (Obama must surely be wondering how Cruz was able to talk cogently for 21 hours without a Teleprompter. Cruz's bravura performance was, as I say, the ultimate TED Talk.) We know how this story goes for the media: Davis is a hero! Make her governor of Texas! Cruz is a clown. A dangerous clown.
There's an older parallel that might be recalled to mind. In 1971, antiwar Senator Mike Gravel from Alaska convened a special committee hearing so that he could read into the record the freshly leaked, but not yet published, Pentagon Papers. Acting under the immunity provided by the Constitution's speech and debate clause, Gravel could get away with putting the secret documents in the Congressional Record. (The Supreme Court later cleared the way for the NY Times and others to publish the papers, lifting the Nixon's Administration's injunction against publication.)
Here's how Wikipedia records the Gravel episode:
On the night of June 29, 1971, Gravel attempted to read the papers on the floor of the Senate as part of his filibuster against the draft, but was thwarted when no quorum could be formed. Gravel instead convened a session of the Buildings and Grounds subcommittee that he chaired.He got New York Congressman John Dow to testify that the war had soaked up funding for public buildings, thus making discussion of the war relevant to the committee. He began reading from the papers with the press in attendance,omitting supporting documents that he felt might compromise national security,and declaring, "It is my constitutional obligation to protect the security of the people by fostering the free flow of information absolutely essential to their democratic decision-making."
He read until 1 a.m., until with tears and sobs he said that he could no longer physically continue, the previous three nights of sleeplessness and fear about the future having taken their toll. Gravel ended the session by, with no other senators present, establishing unanimous consentto insert 4,100 pages of the Papers into the Congressional Record of his subcommittee. . .
Did the media or the Establishment treat Gravel's stunt like they reacted to Cruz? Did anyone call him a terrorist or threat to national security? The sequel on Wikipedia summarizes the obvious answer:
The events of 1971 changed Gravel in the months following from an obscure freshman senator in a far corner of the country to a nationally visible political figure. He became a sought-after speaker on the college circuit as well as at political fundraisers, opportunities he welcomed as lectures were "the one honest way a Senator has to supplement his income."


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When you hear the Longboat Key Club and Resort executives and lawyers tell it, the conversation boiled down to this:
The Key Club met with Longboat Key planning and zoning officials and informed the town that it planned to dismantle 14 of the 18 tennis courts at Islandside. With the opening of the Longboat Key Tennis Gardens, there was no longer enough play on the Islandside courts to justify operating them. Key Club officials said they would keep four courts open, as well as locker rooms and showers, for guests of the Inn on the Beach.
The town's response? Where does it say in the town code that you are allowed to do this?
The lawyer's response: Excuse me? We thought this was still the United States; in most places in this country, citizens say, "Show me where it says I am not allowed to do as I wish with my property."
So it began — another confrontation in Longboat Key between a property owner and the town government, enforcer of the town's arbitrary and capricious rule of law, aka the town code.
As we now know, Longboat Key Planning, Zoning and Building Director Monica Daigle, with help from Town Attorney David Persson and town counsel Nancy Stroud, formally replied to the Key Club that it would need permission from the Town Commission via the formal (and expensive) application and public- hearing process to amend the club's outline development plan and apply for site-plan exemptions.
These steps would be required for the Key Club to remove the fencing around the unused courts, plant grass on the old courts, remove the night lights and remove and erect new shade shelters.
In Daigle's three-page letter to the Key Club, one of the town's primary justifications for its position is that in 1992, when the Town Commission approved development plans for Regent Place and Regent Court, the commission allowed the Key Club's Islandside tennis facilities to be counted toward Regent Place and Regent Court meeting the required recreational amenities.
Even though the town code doesn't specifically say the Islandside courts must remain in perpetuity or as long as Regent Place and Regent Court exist, Daigle said in her letter the removal of the courts would require Town Commission approval.
The Key Club's attorneys, Brenda Patten and John Patterson, believe the town codes require nothing of the sort. In a position paper on the subject, the club's attorneys refer to the Regent Place ordinance, noting the ordinance "states that 'off-site recreational facilities (golf and tennis) provided within the Longboat Key Club GPD shall satisfy 50% of the onsite recreational facilities requirement.' The ordinance says nothing about how many tennis courts are needed, and the code has no guidance on this either." What's more, Patten says, the code says nothing about whether the recreational acreage applied to Regent Place should be from the golf course or tennis courts.
"Furthermore, there is nothing in the ordinance that requires the then-existing courts to remain as they were then, or that the number remain the same. Key Club Associates, as the owner of the property where the tennis courts were (and are) located, did not consent to any provision to keep or operate any specific number of tennis courts for the benefit of Regent Place, Regent Court and its developers."
Not surprisingly, Patterson, who examined all of the same codes the town examined, reaches a different conclusion than the town:
"The after-the-fact imposition of what amounts to a restriction on this property, without the consent of its owner, that can only be changed with the consent of the town is not justified by the town's code or resolutions.
"[The town's] position ignores the rights that a property owner has to do as he wishes with his or her land unless the proposed use is prohibited by law, ordinance or regulation that is a valid exercise of local government 'police power.'"
At this point, Michael Welly, general manager of the Key Club, says the club plans to send a letter back to Daigle expressing the club's disagreement with the town's position.
And so it goes. Round after round after round.
It makes every step of the Key Club's plans to renovate and improve an excruciatingly nagging confrontation between a property owner — in this case, the town's largest taxpayer and customer — constantly at odds with Longboat Key's government. The Key Club is the serf. The town is the ruler, not the public servant.
Indeed, this has been the legacy and history of the Longboat Key Planning, Zoning and Building Department. The attitude is seldom: "Let's see if we can make your request happen legally." More often it's: "No. Prove you are allowed." The servant places the burden of proof on the master.
Eight years ago, we advocated as part of a Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce task force that the town's entire zoning code be tossed and rewritten. As we shall see as the Key Club's expansion plans move through the system, the "arbitrary and capricious" nature of the code will become a gold mine for lawyers and, we predict, a costly legal bill for the town's taxpayers.
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Public debate is healthy — as long as the conversation stays on a level that includes what commentator William Bennett describes as "intelligence, candor and good will."
In that vein, the "My View" column last week by Robert White, chairman of the Islandside Property Owners Coalition, is deserving of response — at least in two areas:
• "Unearned benefits": While addressing some of his group's concerns with the Longboat Key Club and Resort's proposed $400 million expansion, White asked: "Exactly what 'free, unearned benefit' is being bestowed on the residents?"
The answer requires a hypothetical:
Let's say the Town Commission does reject the Key Club and Resort's $400 million expansion plan. And say Key Club Associates, owner of the club and resort, determines that it is not in its shareholders' economic interest to scale back the project, and therefore it abandons any expansion altogether.
This would bestow many free, unearned benefits on the Islandside Property Owners Coalition. They will have achieved their objective of stopping construction of buildings that would have changed their eastern views. They will have stopped multiple years of construction, avoiding noise and disruption to their status quo. They will have blocked additional commercial activity in a new hotel and condos. They more than likely will have achieved their desire to keep the Islandside golf course driving range in tact. In short, they will have preserved their happiness and status quo at almost no cost.
These will not be "earned" benefits, because they will not have involved a mutual exchange of value, i.e. IPOC residents paying Key Club Associates a consideration for forgoing the club's expansion. Except for the legal fees IPOC residents will pay (a pittance compared to the $400 million Key Club Associates is willing to invest), if the Key Club's plans are rejected, IPOC residents will have become the recipients of a gift — the Town Commission bestowing a benefit by fiat.
• The right of expectation: "Islandside property owners have the right to expect that these amenities [the Islandside golf course and tennis courts] will continue to be maintained according to the original plan of development, without imposing the additional requirement that they be subjected to a massive and inappropriate expansion of the commercial operations of the Key Club."
So said Bob White last week in the same "My View" referred to above.
When the Longboat Key Town Commission approved Arvida Corp.'s plans in 1979, there were no guarantees specified and voted into law that said the Key Club's property would never change. There was no legal right bestowed. While property owners may have had the expectation that the Islandside tennis amenities would not change, an expectation is not the same as a right.
Longboat Key Commissioner Gene Jaleski three weeks ago suggested the town consider buying a five-acre block of undeveloped property south of Broadway between Longboat Drive South and Palm Avenue in Longbeach Village (behind the former chamber of commerce building). The owner, the William Conrad Saba family, is asking $2 million.
Meantime, Andrew Hlywa and Realtor Tina Rudek are trying to attract developers for an Old Florida resort on Hlywa's four acres of Whitney Beach Plaza and other nearby properties.
Of the two, the preference should be obvious. Keep the property in private hands. The town's taxpayers shouldn't buy it.


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UCONN MEN: Huskies will bid adieu to Jim Calhoun for nine-day stretch
On Christmas Night, after spending the day and exchanging gifts with his family, Jim Calhoun will meet with his UConn men's basketball team at practice at Gampel Pavilion and run through a few things.
Then, he will wish his players well and bid them adieu for the next nine days as they embark on the start of their Big East season without him.
Calhoun, of course, has been suspended for UConn's first three conference games as part of the sanctions against the school for its violations in the recruitment of Nate Miles. He'll miss the Huskies' Big East opener on Wednesday at South Florida, a New Year's Eve day battle in Hartford with St. John's, then a road game at Seton Hall on Jan. 3.
Calhoun won't even be allowed to preside over practices over that span. Last year, Tennessee's Bruce Pearl was suspended for his team's first eight Southeastern Conference games for lying to the NCAA. But he was allowed to coach the team during practices during that time, and even coached a non-conference game -- against UConn, ironically enough -- in the middle of it.
The difference?
"Call Indianapolis," Calhoun suggested to a reporter after the Huskies' 79-71 win over Fairfield on Thursday.
In fact, it's because Pearl's punishment was levied by the SEC, while Calhoun's comes down from the NCAA.
Associate head coach George Blaney will take over the reins, as usual, during Calhoun's absence. Calhoun won't be back with his team until Jan. 4, when he meets up with them in New York City, where they'll be staying in between the Seton Hall game and a Jan. 7 bout at Rutgers.
"I'll miss the team, obviously," Calhoun said. "It'll be very difficult for me. But they're in good hands, and I'll meet them in New York."
This will indeed be a very interesting stretch for the Huskies. Calhoun has either missed a game or left one early for medical reasons at least once in each of the past five seasons, and in all 29 times over his career. Junior Alex Oriakhi was on the 2009-10 team when Calhoun missed six games for stress-related reasons, and all but the team's three freshmen were on the team last season when Calhoun missed a game against Marquette following the death of his sister-in-law.
No doubt, Blaney is a much more calming, reassuring figure on the sidelines. He certainly doesn't have the quick hook Calhoun has when a player makes a mistake. This is both good and bad. While players may not be looking over their shoulders as much every time they do something wrong, they also may not play with the urgency that often comes with Calhoun breathing down their necks on the sidelines -- particularly on the road.
"Coach is a great coach, he has a different style," said sophomore Jeremy Lamb. "We've just got to listen to our assistant coaches. They're going to be Coach's voice in another body. We've just got to really focus and try to get these wins."
A lot was made of UConn benefitting from an easy schedule during Calhoun's absence, but that's not entirely the case. South Florida is a traditional league doormat, but the Bulls (7-5) have some talent and have played UConn tough the last two times they've faced off in Tampa. USF beat the Huskies in March, 2010 and lost on a Craig Austrie last-second shot two seasons before that.
St. John's (6-5) is a mess, with only eight scholarship players in tow, but Seton Hall may be the surprise of the league. The Pirates are 10-1 behind the play of Herb Pope, who leads the conference in both scoring and rebounding, and figure to give UConn all it can handle at the Prudential Center.
Overall, UConn is 20-9 in games which Calhoun has either missed entirely or left early. It is 9-9 in games Calhoun has missed altogether, and Blaney is 7-8 at the helm in such games.
More strikingly, UConn has lost five of the last six games Calhoun has missed. While Blaney's more subtle style was seen as a boon two years ago when the Huskies shocked top-ranked Texas at Gampel, it was quickly seen as a detriment a few nights later when they lost at Providence.
Blaney even put a lot of the blame on himself in last year's loss to Marquette.
"I've got great faith in George and our staff," Calhoun said on Thursday.
Win or lose, things will surely be different on the UConn sidelines over the next three games. Or, in freshman Ryan Boatright's words, "weird."
"I've never experienced my head coach at any level of basketball not being on the bench," he said. "Coach Calhoun, he's a very smart man, he knows how to get his team going. This is his team. Him not being there, we need to come together as a team to make sure we win these games on his behalf."
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(The Root) — Racial antagonisms tend to increase when powerful and influential spokespeople advance mean-spirited arguments or messages that deflect attention from the actual source of their problems. They do this by highlighting real or perceived privileges that minorities and immigrants receive.
These messages tend to resonate more during hard economic times. Average citizens do not fully understand the complex forces that have increased their economic woes — the slowing of economic growth and the declines in annual real family income, changes in the global economy and the rise in wage dispersion. They are looking for answers as they cope with their own anxieties.
However, it is remarkable that despite the economic crisis that plagued Obama's first term in office, and despite some anti-immigrant expressions and a few messages with subtle racial undertones during the Republican primaries, American race and ethnic relations have not notably deteriorated.
According to Pew Research Center surveys, there was a modest decline in anti-immigrant sentiment (pdf) between 2007 and 2012. There was also no change in white views regarding black progress, and only a slight change in their views on whether discrimination against blacks is rare today.
Likewise, overall, American opposition to the use of preferences to improve the position of minorities has hardly changed between 2007 and 2012, although there was a notable decline in such sentiments among white Republicans and independents, and a notable increase among white Democrats. Finally, the racial gap regarding views of interracial dating, which has diminished substantially since 1987 (e.g., the proportion of whites who accept interracial dating has almost doubled since 1987), slightly decreased between 2007 and 2012.
Thus, based on the respected Pew Research polling, one can hardly argue that there has been a noteworthy change in American race relations between 2007, before Obama took office, and 2012, the last year of his first term of office. I think this is quite remarkable given the terrible economic crisis, which could have resulted in a significant deterioration of race relations in this country.
When people are uptight and worried about their jobs or financial situation, history has shown that demagogic leaders often seek political gain or media attention by using negative populist messages to shift the focus from the real source of our problems onto blacks, other people of color and immigrants, often leading to a demagogic mobilization of racism against these groups.
But President Obama very effectively used positive messages to bring racial and ethnic groups together, not divide them. As Gov. Deval Patrick of Massachusetts pointed out, Obama is committed to being the president of all Americans, and he is very aware of efforts to place him in a narrow box. Such efforts included attacks by people such as Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and Iowa Republican Rep. Steve King, who argued that Obama favored blacks at the expense of whites, as well as Tea Party rallies where people held signs that Obama was against white people.
I believe that these kinds of attacks failed to gain any traction because of Obama's careful public statements about addressing the concerns of all Americans. Even when Obama talked publicly about the Trayvon Martin killing, his statement was careful not to inflame racial tensions but, rather, to appeal to Americans' consciences on the need to do some "soul-searching" and investigate every facet of this tragedy.
This is typical of the president's efforts to unite, not divide, the county. And this approach was clearly evident in the memorable words of his second-inauguration speech: "We recognize that no matter how responsibly we live our lives, any one of us, at any time, may face a job loss or a sudden illness or a home swept away in a terrible storm. The commitments we make to each other — through Medicare and Medicaid and Social Security — these things do not sap our initiative; they strengthen us. They do not make us a nation of takers; they free us to take the risks that make this country great."
I personally believe that such unifying messages are particularly effective during this period of high social anxiety as the nation struggles to recover from one of the worst economic crises in our history. In terms of racial and ethnic relations, Barack Obama is the right president during these hard economic times because social tensions are indeed high.
William Julius Wilson is the Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor at Harvard University.


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Knicks hope to extend seven-game winning streak, but tough foes loom
The Knicks are trying to storm into the playoffs the way they started this season.
They have the NBA's longest current winning streak. Their sixth man is on the most prolific scoring spree by a reserve in more than 20 years. And the Knicks are defending and sharing the ball similar to the way they did it when they began 18-5.
"It's back to where it was at the beginning of the season," Jason Kidd said. "Our defense and us moving the ball is deja vu for us when we started in November."
The Knicks have won a season-high seven straight, with J.R. Smith scoring at least 20 six times. He's averaged 34.7 points in the last three and became the first backup to score at least 30 in three consecutive games since Ricky Pierce in 1990.
If the Atlantic Division-leading Knicks (45-26) beat Boston Sunday night, they will be 20 games above .500 for the first time since 2000.
Teams want to be playing their best when the postseason approaches, so this could be a good sign for the Knicks, who haven't won a playoff series since 2000. But they are seeking more than just winning a series.
The Knicks believe they're a championship contender. The next five games, including Tuesday in Miami and next Sunday in Oklahoma City, could paint a better picture of whether there is reason for that.
The five opponents began Saturday's play 85 games above .500. Their seven-game winning streak came against teams that entered Saturday 80 games below .500.
It's important for the Knicks to win the games they're supposed to win and build some habits that are critical to postseason success. But they will be tested during these eight days, including a game in Atlanta and a home game against the Bucks.
"There's no cruise control here," Kidd said. "Everybody is a professional and you got to play every game and try to get better, and that's what we're doing."
Some predicted the Knicks would snap Miami's long winning streak, which Chicago ended at 27 on Wednesday. Now it could be the Heat that stops the Knicks' streak at eight on Tuesday.
There is no doubt that LeBron James and the Heat would be up for that, especially in Miami. But first the Knicks, who likely will be without Tyson Chandler again, have to beat Boston for the second time in six days.
Even though the Celtics are without Kevin Garnett (ankle) and Rajon Rondo (torn ACL), the Knicks consider them a dangerous team. One of the keys to the Knicks' streak is that they haven't taken anyone lightly.
"We're not really thinking about Miami until we get down there," Carmelo Anthony said. "Boston is next. They came in and stole one on our home court a couple of months back. We just took one on their court, so they're going to be hungry for payback."
The Celtics won the previous five division titles and swept the Knicks out of the playoffs in 2011. The Knicks are nearing their first division crown since 1994. After Brooklyn's loss to Utah, they lead the Nets by four games -- five in the loss column -- with 11 to play. The Knicks are a half-game behind the second-place Pacers, who beat the Suns Saturday night, in the Eastern Conference standings.
Winning the division and getting the No. 2 seed are among the Knicks' goals, and they believe they're positioning themselves for a strong finish.
"They're confident and they're playing well and they're making shots," Mike Woodson said. "Our defense is what's been carrying us, I think, in this stretch. That's kind of where you want to be when you talk about trying to finish the season and start a playoff run."


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Sister Mary Rose Crowley, from Windsor, Conn., makes the sign of the cross at the end of a morning Mass on the opening day of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, the largest group of Catholic nuns in the United States, in St. Louis, Mo.
More than 900 Roman Catholic nuns gathering in St. Louis, Mo., this week to discuss the future of their relationship with the Vatican were surprised to be greeted by supporters with a simple message on their signs: "We're with you, sisters."
"It's utterly amazing to all of us, really," Sister Annmarie Sanders, director of communications for the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, told NBC News.
"They're having vigils every night," she added. "We've received... I think it's almost 1,500 letters that have been collected so they can distribute them to our members -- all letters of support."
The Leadership Conference, which represents about 80 percent of the 57,000 nuns in the United States, is holding its yearly national assembly this week following scathing criticism from the Vatican of the nuns' alleged lack of fidelity to Catholic teachings.
Their supporters say they were shocked by the crackdown.
"Our phones were ringing off the hook at our organization," Erin Saiz Hanna, spokesperson for the Nun Justice Project and executive director of the Women's Ordination Conference, told NBC News. "Our members were just outraged, they wanted something to do."
The Nun Justice Project, a grassroots coalition of Catholic organizations, started the day after the Vatican released its mandate as a petition created on Change.org.
"The goal was to have 57,000 signers on the petition -- one name for every sister in the U.S. -- and we surpassed that," Hanna said. The group delivered the petition to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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Two women march in support of Catholic nuns in Chicago in August 2012.
This spring, after a three-year investigation, the Vatican's doctrinal watchdog issued a report questioning the organization's loyalty to some Church teachings, including the nuns' lack of outspokenness on issues such as gay marriage, abortion and contraception.
Another concern voiced by the Vatican relates to conferences organized by the nuns featuring "a prevalence of certain radical feminist themes incompatible with the Catholic faith."
After blistering Vatican report, nuns gather to weigh response
On April 18, the Vatican appointed Archbishop J. Peter Sartain of Seattle to oversee the nuns' organization and reform its programs to adhere more closely to "the teachings and discipline of the church."
Since then, the Nun Justice Project has organized more than 100 vigils across the country, 37 of which took place Tuesday night. At one vigil, Hanna said, someone had driven two and a half hours just to spend two hours supporting the sisters.
"I've been blown away by the support," said Hanna, who is also an associate with the Sisters of Mercy and says nuns have been her role models in life. "People really relate to the sisters."
The coalition also asked American Catholics to redirect their annual Peter's Pence contributions from the Vatican to their local communities of women religious.
"We were able to redirect $100,000 from that Peter's Pence," Hanna said. "People were able to choose the community that they wanted to redirect their funds to."
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Princess Wilson, center, joins a demonstration in support of U.S. Catholic nuns outside the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' biannual meeting on June 13, 2012, in Atlanta.
This week, the nuns will pray together and discuss a range of options for the future, from accepting the Vatican's mandate to starting a new organization independent of the church's control.
US priests reportedly behind Vatican crackdown on nuns
Sanders said the nuns are expected to announce their decision at a press conference Friday afternoon.
No matter what the women religious decide in St. Louis, Hanna says she believes a new Catholic Church is being formed.
"People are really with the sisters here, they look to their leadership and they model the leadership that they want to see in our church," she said. "I think people just have a lot of hope in the sisters right now."
Jim FitzGerald, executive director of the Catholic organization Call To Action, which is also part of the Nun Justice Project, told NBC News there is a growing disconnect between the Vatican and the nuns.
"It's really two different world views," he said. "It's the Vatican, that is very concerned with how Catholics follow rules and you have the perspective from the women religious and how they live out the gospel values."
A vigil is planned for Thursday night in St. Louis, and the nuns will try to be present to greet their supporters.
"We are a faith where we believe that with God all things are possible," FitzGerald said, "and I would like to think that those who are seeing the incredible support around the country for the sisters would be moved by that support and be a little more reflective about their actions."
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After doing this sparkly DIY last week, I decided that I wasn't quite done with the good ol' pipe cleaners just yet. Enter – DIY pipe cleaner party cups!
Wouldn't these be fun for a party? You could give each guest a cup with their initial on it (so they won't lose which cup is theirs!), or line them up and spell something out.. or even coordinate shapes and colours for a themed party!
Here's how you go about it:
You'll need:
– Pipe cleaners
– Blank paper cups
– Hot glue gun
– Pencil
Step 1.
Bend the pipe cleaners into the shapes/letters you'd like. Cut off any extra bits you don't need.
Step 2.
Hold your shape/letter against one of the cups and use the pencil to lightly mark on the cup where you'd like to glue. I only used one or two dots of glue on each of the cups above, and found it best to glue at joins in the pipe cleaners.
Step 3.
Working quickly, dab a spot of hot glue on the marked spots on your cup, and stick the pipe cleaner letter/shape down. If it's not too hot, press where you glued with your thumb on the outside, and finger on the inside of the cup to really make sure it's stuck. Wait for it to cool before using it!
And you're done! Piece of cake, or what? :)


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This New Credit Card Fee Could Turn You Off Plastic Forever
As posted on July 11, 2012 on www.investinganswers.com
Would you pay an extra 3% for the privilege of paying with plastic?
I pay for virtually everything with my credit card.
I've even done $2 purchases with my card.
Why? Miles.
Because of our little obsession, my wife and I have been able to go to Tokyo, Rome and other world capitals airfare-free.
We're able to do this because we're disciplined. We pay for everything with our card, but we pay our card off each month. That keeps us from being clobbered by finance charges, which over time can add up to far more than the cost of an airline ticket.
It hasn't always been this easy for me, though. In my 20s, I was drowning in credit card debt. I hunkered down for several years, paying every spare cent I had to my credit card issuer. Once I overcame that debt -- five figures worth -- I was determined to make credit cards work for me, rather than against me.
I've done that for about a decade; however, an apparently imminent rule change may force me to reconsider my plan.
The Lawsuit That Could Change The Way You Pay
Here's what's happening:
Kroger, Payless ShoeSource, Safeway and others have sued Visa and MasterCard and several large banks, according to multiple reports, saying that the parties involved have conspired in setting what are known as interchange fees.
Every time you swipe a credit card or debit card, the retailer pays a fee to the card's issuer -- typically 2% or more of the purchase price. Recent financial reform legislation sliced these fees substantially for debit cards, but left credit card interchange fees unaffected.
Why Retailers Are Mad
Even though Visa and MasterCard don't collect the interchange fees -- the banks do that -- they set the rules for how the fees are charged. It is part of the contract that a retailer signs with the credit card networks in order to accept the credit card in their stores. Retailers that break those rules may not be able to accept that type of card in their store anymore.
Here's the retailers' problem: They feel hamstrung and taken advantage of by the credit card networks.
For example, Visa and MasterCard's retailer agreements typically prohibit retailers from adding a surcharge on to purchases made with a credit card. (According to Consumerist.com, American Express and Discover -- which are not part of this lawsuit -- have less restrictive rules on credit card surcharges.) In other words, if you buy an iPhone at Target, Target must charge you the same price for that phone whether you use plastic or cash. That's true even though Target will get hit with a $4 interchange fee on the credit card purchase -- 2% of $200.
According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, that's about to change.
The paper reported on July 9 that a settlement is likely in the retailers' case against Visa and MasterCard and that the settlement would likely have three components: 1) a big payout by the defendants that could range from $8 billion to $12 billion, 2) a temporary decrease in interchange fees and 3) the end of the rule that prohibits surcharges, according to a report from financial research firm Keefe, Bruyette and Woods that was quoted in The Wall Street Journal.
That last one drew my attention. That means it may soon cost more to buy with a credit card than with cash. To continue the earlier example, Target could charge someone $200 for buying an iPhone with cash, while charging someone $204 for buying the identical phone with a credit card.
A Game Changer
I completely understand the retailers' rationale in angling for the surcharge. After all, they're just trying to recoup the cost of those interchange fees. It's just business.
For me, however, it could be a game-changer. If I have to pay extra for everything I buy with a credit card, there's no point in collecting all of those frequent flier miles to try to earn big trips. It just wouldn't make sense financially.
Here's why:
- Say you spend $1,000 per month on your credit card -- not an unusual amount for those who are miles-obsessed -- for a total of $12,000 in credit card spending each year.
- Then, say each retailer upcharges you 3% for using your card instead of cash.
- That's $360 a year in extra charges.
Now that $360 won't get you a flight to Tokyo each year, but with some advance planning, it could certainly get you from New York to Los Angeles. And in five years -- which is how long it may take you to save enough frequent flier miles for an international trip -- you could be looking at $1,800 in extra payments just for using your credit card.
No, thanks. I'll start paying cash if that happens. And I certainly wouldn't be the only one either, which is why Visa, MasterCard and credit card issuers have fought so long and so hard to keep these rules in place. After all, we love the convenience of credit cards, but would we love them as much if we had to pay a surcharge every time we used it?
It is possible that the worst-case scenario wouldn't happen and surcharges wouldn't come about. In fact, the surcharges are illegal in 10 states -- including California, Texas, New York and Florida -- so folks in those states wouldn't have to worry.
Or perhaps, as Consumerist said, "By allowing merchants to tack on surcharges for credit card purchases, it would compel credit card providers to slash their swipe fees and actually compete against each other. The idea is that if the swipe fees were dropped to a more acceptable level for merchants, they wouldn't then have to add a surcharge for credit card customers."
I'll believe that when I see it, though.
The Investing Answer: It's a great time to reassess what you want out of your credit card. Even though the real impact of this reported settlement may not be felt for some time, use this as the impetus to re-examine the benefits you get from your card.
For example, if you once traveled a lot but don't any more, it may be smart to switch to a cash-back card. Or if you're still using the same credit card you used years ago when your credit was terrible, consider switching to better one -- with a lower APR and better fee structure.


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Last year saw the emergence of a new strain of influenza virus (novel Influenza A[H1N1]) with increased virulence and high contagion. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that this year, the government is tooling up to produce vaccine against this and other seasonal influenza viruses in greater amounts and available at an earlier date than was possible last year.
Getting enough people and the right people to take annual flu shots has always been a hard sell. Some of the reasons for this involve fear of needles, distrust of vaccines and general sloth about one's own health.
This year, the target population for the vaccine has been expanded and pretty much includes everyone because young healthy adults were particularly at risk for serious infection as are pregnant women and children aged six months and older.
The good news is that H1N1 as well as another common strain of influenza A and a strain of influenza B are all included in one shot so that only one vaccination will be required for anyone who has already been vaccinated in the past. Combining all the probable influenza viruses in one shot should mean that more people will be vaccinated; however, reluctance to be vaccinated remains and a vital public information effort will still be required to maximize the number of people vaccinated. The biggest challenges for the government will be convincing the public that vaccination is necessary (the outbreak last year was not as widespread as was feared), safe and effective, and producing enough vaccines so that there is no shortfall.
Influenza is a highly preventable disease that can be devastating in terms of morbidity and mortality if it occurs. The most effective way to prevent it is to get as many people vaccinated against it as possible. Everyone who can be vaccinated (there are very few contraindications) should be.
Stephen G. Baum, MDSenior Associate Dean for Students Professor, Department of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Einstein (East) & Moses (West) Campus


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UnNews:Lucas to re-interpret Solo-Greedo duel
This article is part of UnNews, your source for up-to-the-microsecond misinformation.
8 March 2011
SAN FRANCISCO, California -- An exchange of gunfire whose motive and particulars have been the source of heated debate between historians for more than a decade may have new light shed on it in coming years, as the Hollywood director who first introduced the event to wider audiences has agreed to revisit the subject.
A press release today from George Lucas's little-known independent film company Lucasfilm confirmed that the maverick director feels there is something more to be said on the famous Solo-Greedo duel of 1977.
"In recent years, I felt like my portrayal of [the duel] was awfully two-dimensional," admitted 66-year-old Lucas during an interview at his retreat at the legendary Cadillac Ranch. "I think there's a third dimension to the story here that audiences haven't seen before, and it must be told."
Nearly 34 years ago, an exchange of pistol fire rang out in a seedy port-town tavern, briefly disturbing the bar's other clientele from their drinks. In the aftermath, a zealous young enforcer for a local mobster lay slumped over a table, while his unrepentant killer only offered apology, according to witnesses, for, "the mess." The accused shooter Han Solo walked away that day, while Greedo lay there smoldering.
For years, this scenario was generally accepted as the most likely one by crime historians, and perpetuated by Lucas's docu-drama Star Wars, which starred 1970s leading man Burt Reynolds as Han Solo and Walter Matthau as Obi-Wan Kenobi. The film depicts Han, an irreverent smuggler, shooting Greedo in a flippant and vaguely pre-meditated fashion, effectively killing the green-hand gangster before he can even get a shot off. The killing establishes Solo's questionable morality in the film, making his eventual transformation into an American hero all the more compelling.
However, a long-asked-for director's cut in 1997 lent credence to the opinions of a dissenting set of historians who believed that Han Solo, like all American heroes, was unquestionably righteous, and only bad guys like Greedo shoot first. Therefore, in the pivotal scene, Solo is seen to prepare his gun like he did in the 1977 version, but in the newer version, Greedo fires first but wide of his mark; Solo hesitates a beat, and then kills Greedo in a more palatable display of self-defense.
"People didn't like that," said Lucas. "I was accused of everything from hero-bashing to revisionist history." Some historians proudly maintained that 'Han shot first,' donning T-shirts that said the same. In 2004, at great personal expense, Lucas released yet another director's cut of Star Wars on DVD meant to mend fences between the two camps of historians, in which Han and Greedo fire nearly simultaneously, but Greedo still misses. Rather than appeasing everyone as Lucas hoped, the 2004 version merely added fuel to the fire.
The family of the real-life Greedo has consistently declined to comment due to a long-running unresolved civil suit against the Solo estate. However, sources close to Greedo's family suggest that the family finds Lucas's 1997-onward depictions of Greedo as an inept shooter incapable of hitting a stationary target at point blank range, "insulting, to say the least."
The new version of Lucas's film will be released in 3D, trying to cash in on a fad led by 2009's Avatar. Lucas expects to release several of his more successful films in 3D before Star Wars, starting next February with 1999's acclaimed psychological thriller The Phantom Menace, starring Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter. Star Wars is anticipated for a 2015 re-re-re-release.
Asked how he plans to re-interpret the famous Solo-Greedo duel, Lucas remains mum. "If I give away all of my secrets, no one will go see my movies," he said, referencing the vast fortunes lost due to spy reports on his other recent productions. "This might be my last chance at this, barring any new home video formats that emerge before I die, so I guess I should try to get it right this time."
- Don Reisinger "'Star Wars' 3D coming to theaters in early 2012". CNET News, March 04, 2011


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Videos for 11 of the FUDConF11 sessions are now available. On the schedule page, they are denoted by a small speaker icon. In addition, seven of the videos have been converted to Flash format and are available on the Linux Foundation's video site. Thanks to Chris Tyler and Clint Savage for their audio and video work at the conference, and to Brian Proffitt for getting them posted on the LF site.
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GPG Keysigning at FUDConF11
As in past years, I'll run a GPG Keysigning session at FUDConF11 in Cambridge, MA on Saturday, January 10.
Meet Fedora people face-to-face. Taunt each other over their passport/driver's license photos. Add yourself to the Web of Trust or increase your ranking.
To Participate
Pre-registration is preferred. I'll try to accommodate people who don't follow the procedure below and still want to participate on the day of the event, but that may be difficult.
- Mandatory: Create a GPG keypair for yourself (if you haven't already)
- Optional: add your firstname.lastname@example.com uid to your keypair
- Mandatory: Send your key before the event to the subkeys.pgp.net keyserver. Get your KEYID from your keyring as the part following the 1024D/ as follows:
gpg --list-secret-keys | grep ^sec
For me, this is 92F0FC09. Yours will be different.
Then send your key to the keyserver with:
gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --send-keys KEYID
and send me your key fingerprint with:
gpg --fingerprint KEYID | mail -s "<your-fedora-username> key" firstname.lastname@example.com
Right Before FUDCon
- Mandatory: If you pre-register for the keysigning, print out your key fingerprint once and bring it. If you don't pre-register, print out your key fingerprint 20-50 times, and bring it with you. You'll hand one of these out to each other person at the keysigning, so bring enough. The program 'gpg-key2ps' in the pgp-tools RPM can do this for you quite nicely.
- Mandatory: run md5sum and sha1sum on the fudcon-keysigning-fingerprints.txt files (to be generated shortly before the event – you'll get an email notification), print at the results, and bring them to the meeting. It should match the corresponding files on the web site.
- Mandatory: Bring a government-issued picture ID of yourself
Note: this means you will have at least 2 pieces of paper (your key fingerprint and the sha1sum and md5sum results) that you bring.
At the Keysigning
For those who pre-registered, you can find the keyring, the fingerprint file we'll use, and the md5sum and sha1sum hash of the fingerprint file, all at http://domsch.com/linux/fedora/fudconf11/. We will read these values, for everyone to confirm they all match.
After the Keysigning
Following the keysigning, you'll need to actually sign people's keys. The easiest way to do this is to use caff which is conveniently packaged in the Fedora pgp-tools package. caff lets you sign a number of keys at once, and will then email each recepient their signed key, encrypted with their key (actually, it sends one email per UID on the target key, so those people with 10 UIDs on their key will get 10 emails from caff, but that's OK – it makes sure they control that email address too). They must know their own passphrase to retrieve their signed key, which they can then import into their gpg keyring and upload to the keyserver subkeys.pgp.net.


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Airsoft Surgeon - Tag of authenticity (2009-05-08)
From today onwards, all Clarence Lai aka Airsoft Surgeon Customs will now include his very own custom tag, in the form of a double tap silhouette on a beautifully polished piece of aluminum.
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And on the flip side, Airsoft Surgeon's signature.
Remember folks, all your Airsoft Surgeon CUSTOMs from today onwards, Friday May 8th 2009, must have the Airsoft Surgeon Double Tap Tag otherwise it may well be a fake!


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Chicagoland Intergroup of Nicotine Anonymous
Nicotine Anonymous® is a fellowship of men and women helping each other to live our lives free of nicotine. We share our experience, strength and hope with each other so that we may be free from this powerful addiction. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using nicotine. There are no dues or fees for Nicotine Anonymous membership; we are self-supporting through our own contributions. Nicotine Anonymous is not allied with any sect, denomination, political entity, organization or institution; does not engage in any controversy, neither endorses nor opposes any cause. Our primary purpose is to offer support to those who are trying to gain freedom from nicotine.
Copyright by the AA Grapevine Inc.; adapted with permission. Permission to adapt the AA Preamble does not in any way imply any affiliation with or endorsement of any other Twelve Step program or any other outside entity.